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The Hottest TV Cops of All Time


Seriously Random List LXVII / Dustin Rowles

Seriously Random Lists | March 12, 2009 | Comments (107)


Here you go, folks: The Hottest TV Cops of All Time. Note that agents of any sort are not counted among the list, which excludes — among others — Mark Harmon, Michael Vartan, Yvonne Strahovski, and Jennifer Garner.

10. Jeremy Sisto as Cyrus Lupo in “Law and Order”

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9. Damien Lewis as Charlie Crews in “Life”

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8. Kyra Sedgwick as Brenda Johnson in “The Closer”


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7. Kathryn Morris as Lilly Rush in “Cold Case”

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6. Mariska Hargitay as Oliva Benson in “Law and Order: SVU”

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5. Emily Proctor as Calleigh Duquesne in “CSI: Miami”


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4. Benjamin Bratt as Rey Curtis in “Law and Order”

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3. Pierce Brosnan as Remington Steele in “Remington Steele”

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2. Sarah Shahi as Dani Reese in “Life”

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1. Johnny Depp as Tom Hanson in “21 Jump Street”

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Comments

Oh come on! No love for John Munch?

Posted by: Snath at March 12, 2009 3:02 PM

I'll give you Johnny for #1 if only because Sarah Shahi is at #2. God must have burned his fingers when he made her.

Posted by: Stella at March 12, 2009 3:04 PM

What? No Cagney & Lacey?

Posted by: UnlessTheMoonFalls at March 12, 2009 3:06 PM

Wait Wait Wait. Kyra Sedgewick? She looks like Amy Sedaris on Strangers With Candy. Is it because she's sassy? I'd put the chica from the new Castle show on here before Jerri Blank.

Posted by: Optimus Rhyme at March 12, 2009 3:06 PM

I've got kind of a thing for Elisabeth Rohm, even if she is as wooden as the desk I'm sitting at.

Posted by: I Love Beets at March 12, 2009 3:09 PM

She looks like Amy Sedaris on Strangers With Candy.

Yeah, she's got that Julia Roberts mouth. Her popcorn eating in "Singles" still haunts me.

Would Michelle Forbes as M.E. Cox on "Homicide" count? I'll accept her exclusion if her job doesn't count, but not if her beauty doesn't.

Dear GOD. She always seems like the kind of woman that likes me though I can't tell why, but we're somehow complementary.

If Slim's around he'll show up in a second to bag on Ms. Hargitay but I still approve and still want her to play a Darwyn Cooke-style Catwoman. Golly oh gee do I want her too.

Posted by: Jay at March 12, 2009 3:11 PM

Wasn't Remington Steele a private eye (and a fake one at that) and not a cop? No, really. The private eye was a woman, who couldn't get any business because she was a woman, so she changed the name of the agency to Remington Steele Investigations (or some such thing), and then Pierce Brosnan's character just shows up one day claiming to be Remington Steele and totally muscles in on her private investigation business.

Oh, and that woman who plays the annoying mom on Everybody Loves Raymond, was the admin assistant in the office, and was totally googly-eyed over Pierce Brosnan's Remington Steele and missed all the signs that the woman was the actual private investigator.

In anycase, I'm pretty sure he wasn't a cop.

Oh, and I finally saw Life last night, and in the back of my mind I was thinking "I think Pajiba recommended this show." There is something about Damien Lewis' face that just seems a bit off to me. But that doesn't mean that he can't be your cup of tea.

Posted by: tamatha at March 12, 2009 3:12 PM

I was gonna add Poppy Montgomery from Without a Trace, but, alas, she plays a Federal agent and not a cop.

I second the love for Elisabeth Röhm. Assistant DA in Law and Order, but a cop in Angel.

Posted by: Rykker at March 12, 2009 3:20 PM

My brother loves Sarah Shahi since she went from being that "hot lesbian on the L Word" to the "hot cop on Life." Doesn't take much to thrill him, I guess.

So glad to see Jeremy "Elton" Sisto getting some love. If they ever did a biopic on Cat Stevens, he would be perfect.

Posted by: Brie at March 12, 2009 3:25 PM

No Jimmy McNulty? For shame!

Posted by: qualler at March 12, 2009 3:27 PM

Explain to me how neither Mitzi Kapture (thanks IMDB) nor Rob Estes made the list considering their work on Silk Stalkings?!

Posted by: branded at March 12, 2009 3:28 PM

No Bunk?

Posted by: TK at March 12, 2009 3:30 PM

I've never watched "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," but they've had an insanely hot cast: Julianne Nicholson, Alicia Witt and Annabella Sciorra. Khandi Alexander deserves a nod too because doctors on "CSI" might as well be cops.

Damien Lewis? Rowles wants to hump Rorschach.

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at March 12, 2009 3:30 PM

Previously missed point to add: Mitzi Kapture was even on Baywatch Hawaii!

Posted by: branded at March 12, 2009 3:31 PM

Elliot motherfucking Stabler. YumyumChrisMeloniyum.

Posted by: MG at March 12, 2009 3:32 PM

Keep in mind this is a list of cops, so a large part of the Law & Order hot peoples can't be included.

Let's have a big orgy and invite all the ADA's from all the Law & Order series. And yes I'm counting Courtney B. Vance.

Posted by: Snath at March 12, 2009 3:35 PM

What about Angie Dickenson as "Police Woman"? She was the shit in her day.

Posted by: wsapnin at March 12, 2009 3:35 PM

I have a thing for Christoper Meloni, specially after his guest stint on Scrubs.

It's not a PUPPET! It's a COLLECTIBLE!

Posted by: figgy at March 12, 2009 3:36 PM

Oops, almost forgot The Rule:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q--qvrZOrdA

For you, Vermillion.

Posted by: figgy at March 12, 2009 3:38 PM

Damien Lewis? Rowles wants to hump Rorschach.

Awwww, ginger hate? Come on now.

My brother loves Sarah Shahi since she went from being that "hot lesbian on the L Word" to the "hot cop on Life."

You mean she had to leave the show first? I can understand that. College was enough of a "pretty girls who ain't interested" show for me, so watching "The L Word" would probably just gloomily remind me of my life too much rather than being titillating. My penchant for short hair doesn't help my odds either.

Oh and good call on "Silk Stalkings". I do have a soft spot for that late night syndicated era.

Posted by: Jay at March 12, 2009 3:42 PM

Ugh. Depp.

Posted by: SaBrina at March 12, 2009 3:44 PM

I'm with Optimus on this one. I'm sure Kyra Sedgewick is a nice lady and all, but not a bit attractive. In fact, I would place her squarely in the homely category.

I would add, in Kyra's place, Michelle Rodriguez in LOST. Ana Lucia - freakin' HOT, NUTS, and kind of DEAD, but HOT. Dirty and scary, but HOT!

Posted by: Lainey at March 12, 2009 3:45 PM

I want to be the bologna in a Mariska-Damien sandwich. Belzer can be the crunchy Vlasic on the side.

Posted by: Lisa at March 12, 2009 3:50 PM

What about Mario Lopez on Pacific Blue?

William Shatner in Hooker?

Eric Estrada in C.H.i.P.s?

Or the guy who played Enos on The Dukes of Hazzard?

Posted by: Goggle Google at March 12, 2009 3:53 PM

Dennis Franz - NYPD Blue?

Posted by: Goggle Google at March 12, 2009 3:55 PM

Heather Locklear in T.J. Hooker?

Posted by: Goggle Google at March 12, 2009 3:55 PM

Tom Bosley in Murder She Wrote?

Posted by: Goggle Google at March 12, 2009 3:56 PM

oh please, Sarah Shahi should be number 1

Posted by: godofbingo at March 12, 2009 4:03 PM

How 'bout that buxom blonde on Reno 911?
Wendi McLendon-Covey.

Posted by: Rykker at March 12, 2009 4:04 PM

I don't mind Damien Lewis , but he always kinda looks like he's doing "Face Kegels".

Posted by: Odnon at March 12, 2009 4:04 PM

OK ooook this list is SHIT an I'll tell you why:

Kyra Sedgwick looks as if she should be in Pepto Bismol commercial, BLOATED!!! DIARREAH !!!

Mariska Harguitey is a... DOODE.

Kathryn Morris, looks like diseased.

Sarah Shahi, eh...don't know who she is but she's probably a drug addict or an ex hooker or something.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at March 12, 2009 4:07 PM

Took ya long enough. Where's the old Mercury Slim?

Posted by: Jay at March 12, 2009 4:08 PM

Disregard superfluous *like

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at March 12, 2009 4:08 PM

Heather Locklear is a major oversight.

And the chick with the huge cans in Police Academy

Posted by: Fuel at March 12, 2009 4:09 PM

Posted by: Jay at March 12, 2009 4:08 PM

:) it's getting some work done.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at March 12, 2009 4:10 PM

Can't believe you left Christopher Meloni off this list.

Also, I know this is US-focused, but Philip Glenister who plays Detective Gene Hunt on the original Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes.

Posted by: PaddyDog at March 12, 2009 4:10 PM

I'm with you on Damien Lewis. He's not even my type, but he's so damn charming and that little mouth of his is ridiculously sexy. He should be higher up there.

Posted by: figgy at March 12, 2009 4:12 PM

wojohowitz from barney miller turned me gay as a kid.
as did angie dickenson in police woman. but in a different way.

Posted by: gp at March 12, 2009 4:13 PM

Reed Diamond on Homicide. I also had a thing for Clark Johnson.
And Holly Hunter on whatever that show is, I think she is a cop of some sort. Obviously, I don't watch it, but damn, she's hot in the ads.

Posted by: Lee at March 12, 2009 4:15 PM

Who put this list together, Stevie Wonder?

Posted by: rikkitikkitavi at March 12, 2009 4:16 PM

what? no love for Sheriff Bullock?

Remington Steele--that wasn't even his real name--was very hot, but like tamatha said, he was a fake detective, not a cop. i had a huge crush on him though--he had great taste in movies.

as much as i love Brenda Lee Johnson, she is not hot. also, i find Kathyrn Morris a little to furry for my tastes.

Posted by: pq at March 12, 2009 4:16 PM

I call bullshit. Steele was not a cop but a PI. If you open that door then where are Jacklyn Smith, Farrah, Rockford and Magnum? Therefore we MUST substitute Locklear in TJ Hooker for Remington Steele.

This list is pretty sad. Not very hot all the way up to #5. Must put thinking cap on to improve the list. Michael Douglas? Don Johnson? David Soul? Angie Dickinson? Andy Griffith?

Posted by: ed newman at March 12, 2009 4:18 PM

Oh God! Seth Bullock. How could I have forgotten? It must be the eternal-sunshine-like procesure I underwent to wipe out the pain of deadwood being canceled.

Posted by: PaddyDog at March 12, 2009 4:22 PM

If we are gonna put on Locklear then I'll be GODDAMNED if Shatner and Zmed aren't aren't included as part of the package.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at March 12, 2009 4:23 PM

All I have to say is where's McNulty?

Posted by: Radlum at March 12, 2009 4:24 PM

Seth "Hot Pants Hotter 'Stache" Bullock.

Posted by: Julie at March 12, 2009 4:25 PM

Ohhhh, Seth Bullock. Now there's a hottie. Timothy Olyphant isn't the same without the 'stache in Damages. Aweseome when he beat the crap out of Al Swearengen.

Posted by: qualler at March 12, 2009 4:32 PM

Seconding Gene Hunt, Paddydog. Mrow! I'd feed him his 'oops for dinner any day.

And since we're on Mars, John Simm as Sam Tyler. Especially when handcuffed naked to a bed.

Jimmy Smits as Bobby Simone in NYPD Blue. OK, we had to put up with a year of Caruso first, but the wait was so worth it!

Daniel J Travanti in Hill Street Blues. A slow-burner, but you know what they say about banked fires....

Posted by: Tarn at March 12, 2009 4:37 PM

by fake detective i meant fake PI. i got all flustery thinking about Sheriff Bullock--as usual.

i would also like to add Sheriff Don Lamb--although i'm sure that's just me--and second the vote for Ana-Lucia Cortez.

Posted by: pq at March 12, 2009 4:45 PM

Yeah, what tamatha and pq said. Remington Steele is not a cop.

Posted by: DarthCorleone at March 12, 2009 4:45 PM

Kima Greggs, if only for the one sex scene she's in.

You all know it.

Posted by: Benny at March 12, 2009 4:47 PM

And wow. Sarah Shahi deserves just to be on the hottest list. Forget TV cops.

I know it was just canceled, but isn't Gretchen Mol a cop on Life On Mars? She's much hotter than most of the women on this list.

Posted by: DarthCorleone at March 12, 2009 4:51 PM

What? No Angie Dickenson in "Police Woman?" For Shame!

And what about The Shat in "TJ Hooker?"

Posted by: BWeaves (from a different IP address) at March 12, 2009 4:54 PM

Two egregious omissions from this list:

Lt. Jim Dangle

Deputy Travis Junior

Posted by: branded at March 12, 2009 4:54 PM

OK I admit it. I have a thing for cops. I generally only watch procedurals for masturbatory fodder. And I've had my fair share in real life, too. (Insert groan and/or porn music here).

So...

I respectfully submit Rick Schroeder, who I'd let Silver Spoon me anytime, from NYPD Blue

And Joe the Cop from Family Guy. That is one hot ass paraplegic.

Posted by: The Pink Hulk at March 12, 2009 4:55 PM

I don't know about this list. Seems a bit bland, really (besides Sarah Shahi, who is tres hot, and the obligatory Depp). Where's Todd Williams from In Plain Sight?

Posted by: Reba at March 12, 2009 4:55 PM

Sheriff Wiggum?

Posted by: ed newman at March 12, 2009 5:02 PM

I'm glad to see "Life" gettin' some play here these days, especially when it extols the beauty of Ms. Shahi. "Life" will score again next week when they introduce Gabrielle Union as Charlie Crews' new temporary partner.

Honorable mentions:

Kim Delaney - NYPD Blue
Mitzi Kapture - Silk Stalkings
Roselyn Sanchez - Without A Trace
Gretchen Mol - Life on Mars
Maggie Lawson - Psych

Should Never Be Mentioned

Abe Vigoda - Barney Miller/Fish
Tyne Daly - Cagney & Lacey
Jack Webb - Dragnet
Peter Falk - Columbo

Posted by: swingdude at March 12, 2009 5:04 PM

Abe FISH Vigoda, because nothing is sexier than a crumpled old man bitching about hemmorhoids all the time.

Posted by: Mohaski at March 12, 2009 5:06 PM

Great list Rowles, but there is something about the list I just can’t quite put my finger on.

Posted by: Pookie at March 12, 2009 6:11 PM

Frank Giambone from Night Heat. This show turned me into the chronic self-abuser I am today.

Posted by: grinder at March 12, 2009 6:20 PM

Fuuuuuuck...I forgot to download yesterday's episode of Life. I want a 3some with those 2. I don't even like gingertops normally, but Damien Lewis makes me want to eat my carrots. Ok, that sounded dirtier than I intended, but I'll keep it.

What's the name of the 2 hot dudes on "Saving Grace". Uh...I second the hate for Kyra Sedgwick. I can't help it, the woman annoys the ever-loving shit out of me.

Posted by: Joker at March 12, 2009 6:33 PM

You know Pookie, you have a point (damn, I hate agreeing with you). Maybe he doesn't watch The Wire or L&O? Jesse Green was all kinds of hot.

Posted by: PaddyDog at March 12, 2009 6:49 PM

Did anyone tell that numb-nut Rowles that Remington Steele was not a cop, he was a con man pretending to be a detective.

Posted by: Pookie at March 12, 2009 6:52 PM

Barney Fife?

Posted by: Odnon at March 12, 2009 7:01 PM

Yeah, Remington Steele really doesn't belong there. He's a fake PI / spy.

Anyone hating on Kyra Sedgwick has never watched the show. She doesn't look that hot in pics, but she has INSANE chemistry with men. Look at them - a room full of dudes with hard-ons just because she's around.

Submitted: The women of Third Watch - Molly Price and utterly sexy, utterly bad-ass Tia Texada.

Posted by: Meander at March 12, 2009 7:05 PM

Mention of NYPD Blue must include Jacqueline Obradors (Det. Rita Ortiz), and Charlotte Ross (Det. Connie McDowell). And they worked as a team. (Yes, you went there.)

Honorable woulda/shoulda/coulda for Lola Glaudini, who's played every-other-damn-thing but a coppity cop cop in it seems like a thousand law / cop / procedurals.

Speaking of Lola G, what the hell happened when "Criminally Watered-Down Minds" went from semi- to totally-boring? Happened about when they replaced Mandy Patinkin with "generic leader guy" (Competent, but the character is now cardboard.) and the unconventionally hotty-hot-hot Lola Glaudini / kinda damaged Elle Greenaway ("Don't ... speak." - if you don't remember the line, you just weren't paying attention.) with conventional & conventionally pretty Betty and Veronica? A conflict-free team of profilers, themselves all perfectly adjusted & groomed? Pu-lease. Bur also bo-ring.

NYPD Blue rocked because the actors were indeed hot, but also had, what's that called again? I almost remember ... um ... it's been such a long time. Oh, right, talent. It's called talent. And craft. And the show told these things called ... again it'll come to me. Oh, right, stories. And the characters were interesting & struggling within the stories in Ambiguous Situations(tm) With Actual Consequences(tm).

Wasn't there a time when we could one-stop-shop for cheese/beef-cake and some mental stimulation? Has there been a business method patent for "Stories With Arcs" or "On Application of Character Development to The Telling of Stories for Mass Audiences?" You know, I'm fine with turning off the sound and watching the pretty people, but there used to be fodder for both heads at once on the Tee-Vee.

Big Head / Little Head '12
"It's all about choosing which one drives, when."

Posted by: BierceAmbrose at March 12, 2009 7:29 PM

Christopher Meloni not on list. List useless for this reason.

That man has started to haunt my dreams.

Posted by: Jerce at March 12, 2009 7:38 PM

Any love for Jamie Bamber (L&O UK)?

Posted by: WestCoastPat at March 12, 2009 7:44 PM

mcnulty. and carver. and kima.

Posted by: sfmarx at March 12, 2009 7:49 PM

Keith Malley as Keith Malley on "21 Jump Street."

Posted by: Lucas at March 12, 2009 7:58 PM

Milena Govich - Law and Order

Posted by: Alex at March 12, 2009 8:06 PM

Um..... Chief Wiggums anyone??
DUH!!!!

Posted by: Janey at March 12, 2009 8:07 PM

Thanks for picking Damien Lewis. Glad I'm not the only one with a ginger fetish.

Posted by: Porkchop at March 12, 2009 8:10 PM

A to the men re: the criminal absence of Meloni. C'mon, people. Also, I know there's no SATC love on this site, but Noth was the shit on L & O back in the day.

And what about Dexter, damn it?!

Posted by: samantha t at March 12, 2009 8:22 PM

Two words:

McNutty & Stabler

Posted by: Madz at March 12, 2009 8:29 PM

I put the first Mariska Hargitay. For me Mariska = beautiful smile, beautiful breasts and a beautiful ass. That woman is hot as hell.

Posted by: Max at March 12, 2009 8:51 PM

Where the hell is Ian Tracey from Da Vinci's Inquest? Hotter than hot!

Posted by: hell.kelpie at March 12, 2009 9:23 PM

No Jack Lord?

Posted by: lil at March 12, 2009 9:27 PM

Holly Hunter people! She is 47, hot and foul-mouthed, and my hero. The woman has been buck naked on the show (Saving Grace)and she looks fantastic.

Mariska Hargatay is stunning.

Kyle Secor and Jon Seda on Homicide.

And I do admit to having developed a serious crush on Damien Lewis.

Posted by: Cindy at March 12, 2009 9:33 PM

Jamie Bamber is on L&O UK? I can ALWAYS use more Apollo.

Posted by: Snath at March 12, 2009 10:10 PM

L&O: UK is surprisingly good. Although they went doink-doink heavy in their first episode.

Posted by: JakesAlterEgo at March 12, 2009 10:42 PM

Any list of hot cops without Raymond Burr on it is SHIT. C'mon, Ironside! Wheelchair! Who's with me?

Posted by: Slash at March 12, 2009 11:48 PM

aaaaaaarrrrrrOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo

*radio static*

Calling all cars, calling all cars, be on the lookout for an escaped mental patient with delusions that Kyra Sedgewick and Kathryn Morris are hot. Subject is armed with a Ryan Reynolds fixation and should be considered extremely dangerous. Last seen heading for SWSX.

Shoot to kill. Repeat: Shoot to kill.
---
Chris Cagney would kick their asses and look great doing it.

Posted by: bucdaddy at March 12, 2009 11:58 PM

What? No love for the dude in New York Undercover? Also: Jeremy Sisto should die in a fire. No one treats Cher like that. He ruined her dress!

Posted by: Captain Steve at March 13, 2009 12:08 AM

* And that's how, bearing a $6 tub of popcorn, a $5 Coke and my 3-D glasses and Pajibattitude, I wound up at the SwissEx Fiberglass Casting Cutter trade show table at the convention center by mistake. ("SwissEx sets a new standard for professional cast removal" -- I can think of some movies that would have benefitted from "professional cast removal," but I didn't have the $25,000.)

Anyway, I meant SXSW, obviously, though, amazingly, SWSX turns up 21,300 times on Google and most of the time means the same thing.

(And check out all the commas in that sentence, figgy!)

Posted by: bucdaddy at March 13, 2009 12:39 AM

Word on Sisto. Saw him on the subway the other day and he's just as awesome in person.

Posted by: Rachel at March 13, 2009 1:26 AM

buc, those are some very, very sexy commas. Mmmhmm.

Posted by: figgy at March 13, 2009 1:36 AM

I want to be the meat in a McNulty/Bunk/Freamon triple decker. That Seth Bullock jumps on.

I never got the Meloni love, even after watching the entirety of Oz. He always looked kinda muppety to me, even if that muppet was slightly smouldering.

Posted by: Lisa S at March 13, 2009 8:35 AM

What if Meloni had looked like Sven on Law & Order though, huh?

You'd be goin for it then!

Posted by: Jay at March 13, 2009 8:59 AM

For reals Rowles, not one goddamn black person in the entire group? Remington Steele, Remington fucking Steele, that motherfucker wasn’t even a goddamn cop he was a con man pretending to be a detective, a private detective I might add. And if I’m not correct Remington Steele went of the air in 1987, so in 22 years Rowles there wasn’t one goddamn black person that struck your fancy? Sad Rowles, just sad.

Posted by: Pookie at March 13, 2009 9:10 AM

You have totally under-rated Mariska and totally over-rated Johnny Depp. You may have mildly under-rated Kyra Sedgwick, but her phony accent in The Closer counts against her.

You got Benjamin Bratt about right.

Posted by: hater from siloam springs at March 13, 2009 9:20 AM

The more I (re)watch The Wire, the more I love Kima Greggs. I don't know the actress's name.

Posted by: Hyman Roth at March 13, 2009 9:20 AM

Forty-fifth person to agree that Remington Steele, while SMOKIN' hot, was NOT a cop, or even a real detective. He was a SMOKIN' hot con man.

SETH BULLOCK, COCKSUCKERS!! Good god, humping Alma Garrett HARD above the Deadwooders eating breakfast??? HOLY CRAP!!!! Give ME some o' that!!!

No love for the members of CTU? Jack Bauer, Tony Almeida, Chloe, Michelle? Come on!!

I disagree with Jeremy Sisto...dude, he's Billy, still trying to hump his sister, Brenda Chenowith. Just...no.

DAVID BOREANZ??????

Posted by: dammitjanet at March 13, 2009 9:40 AM

I agree with those who find this list without merit due to its lack of Christopher Meloni. I'd also add Jesse L. Martin (L&O: Original Recipe), Chris Noth (L&O: OR and CI), and Eddie Cahill (CSI: NY.) As for the ladies, I'd add Julianne Nicholson from L&O: CI. She's adorable.

Posted by: Siege at March 13, 2009 10:07 AM

dammitjanet,

sadly, Boreanaz doesn't count, because Seeley Booth is FBI. That's also why I left Rob Morrow from Numb3rs off my personal list. Cute, but outside the parameters.

Pookie,

you want hot black cops? Well, duh - Super Black Sex Cop from Six Feet Under! Yowsa!
(And he was a bottom... if that helps..)
Honorable mention, Henry Simmons from NYPD Blue. A wooden actor, but very very pretty.

Posted by: Tarn at March 13, 2009 11:27 AM

I approve of this list. Sarah Shahi is something special.

Posted by: chenry at March 13, 2009 11:55 AM

DammitJanet, there's a perfectly rational explaination for why CTU wasn't included on the list...they'd be the list, it'd be more than 10, and Jack Bauer would fill the first 10 slots of the list.

Posted by: Mike R. at March 13, 2009 11:59 AM

Though this list does vindicate my long held crush for Sarah Shahi. I kept hoping she'd be yet another super sexy secret spy on Alias, but alas she was only around for one pant shortening season. Now I HAVE to watch Life.

Posted by: Mike R. at March 13, 2009 12:00 PM

Tarn, only after I posted my post did I remember the good looking gay cop from "Six Feet Under." But knowing Rowles so well, I half expected him to place the gay cop on his list just to break balls.

Posted by: Pookie at March 13, 2009 1:20 PM

Bleh. Morris is bony, pasty and translucent. She looks like a Whole Foods customer.

Posted by: TL at March 13, 2009 2:42 PM

Tarn Holy crap, how could I forget Keith? "Big Black Sex Cop" as Claire called him.... MMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!! Loverly......

Mike R. HELL YES!!!!!

Posted by: dammitjanet at March 13, 2009 3:13 PM

I got a letter published in Esquire extolling the incendiary virtues of a Sarah Shahi photo layout, so ... yeh, I'm with you there.

Posted by: bucdaddy at March 13, 2009 7:22 PM

YES!
what about meloni?

Posted by: James at March 13, 2009 11:26 PM

Kathryn Morris is basically a poor man's Poppy Montgomery. A very poor man. I refer to her, and to Kyra Sedgewick both as "Wormy Lips"
Also Emily Proctor reminds me of Ice T's wife Coco, to the point that I won't admit to my husband that I know they are different people.

Posted by: Carrie at March 15, 2009 8:57 PM

You forgot the chick from Silk Stalkings. I tend to keep my fanboyage in check, but that was one hell of a hottie, and the show skirting soft-core territory didn't hurt.

Posted by: Julian at March 16, 2009 12:01 AM

Lil -- Jack Lord has my vote! That tall, commanding physique ... those gorgeous blue eyes. He was both authoritative and sexy. "Book 'em, Danno!"

Posted by: Five-0 4Ever at March 23, 2009 10:16 PM